Remember Josh Selby, He's Not a Vol Anymore
Monday, July 20, 2009
Far be it for me to predict it, but 2010 Vol athletics could be a terrifying experience. Truly terrifying, at least for football and men's basketball. And I'm not trying to push the alarm bell here unnecessarily. In football, Nick Stephens is our starter with, and this is even scarier, no reliable back-up who has taken snaps other than Gerald Jones. Eric Berry is gone, four/fifths of the starting offensive line, and the schedule is brutal.
2010 SCHEDULE
Sept. 4 Akron
Sept. 11 Oregon
Sept. 18 Florida
Sept. 25 UAB
Oct. 2 at LSU
Oct. 9 at Georgia
Oct. 23 Alabama
Oct. 30 at South Carolina
Nov. 6 at Memphis
Nov. 13 Mississippi
Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt
Nov. 27 Kentucky
At LSU and at Georgia in back-to-back road games? Not to mention Oregon is going to be a top 25 team in 2010. Just seven home games. And is it just me or does it seem like LSU is always our rotating SEC West opponent?
Meanwhile, in basketball, we're talking about Tyler Smith, Wayne Chism, J.P. Prince, Bobby Maze, and Josh Tabb leaving. Five guys gone guaranteed. If Scotty Hopson truly makes the leap that people seem to think he's going to make, we're talking about six guys potentially leaving.
Now minus Josh Selby, we're screwed. Honestly, we're going to be very good in basketball in 2009 and in football I think we'll be better in 2009 than in 2010. It's possible we've got some real horses coming in football. Maybe. But somebody tell me who on the basketball front is going to make us anything better than an NIT hopeful in 2010.
The most grating thing about the Selby decommitment is what assistant coach Tony Jones has already said, “I’m not going to comment on any specific player, because I am not allowed to do that,’’ Jones said. “I’ll just say something smells right now.’’
And what I'll say right now is that we all better enjoy 2009 and the spring of 2010 as much as we possibly can. Because things aren't likely to get better in the following season. Labels: josh selby decommits
Posted by Clay Travis at 11:20 AM
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